Upper Snyder Lake
- Jun–Sep
- best months
Is Upper Snyder Lake open right now?
Closure in the area
There's a closure order in Glacier National Park. It doesn't name Upper Snyder Lake, so check the source for the area it covers.
Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure
Park closure covering Glacier National Park · NPS · Glacier National Park
As of · Source: NPS · Glacier National Park. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Upper Snyder Lake is a 12-acre lake near West Glacier, Montana, at about 5,590 feet. It is managed by the National Park Service.
Local outfitters
- North American RV Park & Yurt Village17 mi away
- Mountain Meadow RV Park & Cabins20 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Snyder Lake TrailHiking0.5 mi
Little MatterhornSummitPhoto: NPS Natural Resources
NPS Photo/Jacob W. Frank, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)0.6 mi
Mount BrownSummitPhoto: GlacierNPS, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)1.1 mi
Sperry Glacier TrailHikingPhoto: alexblondeau, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)1.2 mi- Akaiyan FallsWaterfall1.3 mi
- Feather Woman FallsWaterfall1.5 mi
- Lake McDonald LodgeBoat launch3.9 mi
Saint Mary RiverCanoeingPhoto: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)6.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Avalanche LakeLake fishing · ~3 min drive
- Riverside CampgroundSaltwater fishing · ~42 min drive
- Bullhead LakeLake fishing · ~20 min drive
- Lake SherburneLake fishing · ~27 min drive
- Gyrfalcon LakeLake fishing · ~29 min drive
- Mokowanis LakeLake fishing · ~29 min drive
- Logging LakeLake fishing · ~30 min drive
- Pitamakan LakeLake fishing · ~30 min drive
- Swiftcurrent Ridge LakeLake fishing · ~30 min drive
- Otatso LakeLake fishing · ~32 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Snyder LakeCamping · Next door
- Little MatterhornSummit · ~1 min drivePhoto: NPS Natural Resources
NPS Photo/Jacob W. Frank, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Sperry Glacier TrailHiking · ~2 min drivePhoto: alexblondeau, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Monument FallsWaterfall · ~3 min drivePhoto: GlacierNPS, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Upper Snyder Lake
Best months: June–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
32° / 15°
15 wet
Feb
31° / 14°
14 wet
Mar
38° / 20°
16 wet
Apr
45° / 28°
14 wet
May
56° / 35°
13 wet
Jun
63° / 42°
12 wet
Jul
73° / 46°
9 wet
Aug
73° / 45°
8 wet
Sep
63° / 39°
9 wet
Oct
49° / 32°
12 wet
Nov
37° / 25°
14 wet
Dec
31° / 17°
15 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at St. Mary 1 Ssw, MT, 18.3 mi away at 4,555 ft. The station sits about 1,000 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
